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Old 12/5/23, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by 05stangkc
If the A/C System is Still Fully Charged May Want to get it Evacuated and Stored at Your Recharge Shop.
KC, just wanted to update you and let you know that I'm pretty sure whatever freon was in there, is now completely evacuated, LOL! I went out there this morning and noticed the nut on this hose was completely loose.... Guy I bought it from said it had a new hose on it and it was out of freon, makes me wonder if he's the one that put that hose on it?


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Well That's One Less thing To Deal With. Likely Will Need a Good Flush & Vacuum Test Before Refilling! A New Accumulator Will Be a Must As Well! Looking At that Exposed O-Ring it Looks Like it Was A Bit Off Center When Installed. Could Also Be Wrong Size O-Ring. Man Those Are a Pain!

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Originally Posted by 05stangkc
Well That's One Less thing To Deal With. Likely Will Need a Good Flush & Vacuum Test Before Refilling! A New Accumulator Will Be a Must As Well! Looking At that Exposed O-Ring it Looks Like it Was A Bit Off Center When Installed. Could Also Be Wrong Size O-Ring. Man Those Are a Pain!

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I have to get custom lines made for it anyway, since it's getting a new "peanut" style compressor and that's going to be mounted on the passengers side of the engine...
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The More You Do The More You Find Out What Else You Have To Do! Got to Have The Mindset You Enjoy the Reengineering So As To Keep it All Enjoyable.

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My cousin came by tonight to pick up some Johnny Lighting "Kings of the 1/4 mile" cars I found him and he wanted to see the Mustang. Side note, he's a professional photographer for Gasser Magazine:



Anyway, he's been into drag racing since he was a kid, he's in his mid 50s now. But we were talking about some of the ****ty wiring on my car and we discovered what this mess is/was:

They half assed wired a toggle switch under the dash to this relay and fuse (poorly) to the crappy electric fan... So, I should be able to remove all this junk and toss it and properly wire in an electric fan(s)! One less problem solved!
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